If we think we’re a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let’s commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.
BILLY BRAGGJust because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away
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Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn’t be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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I think that ultimately Trump will lose the election and in the process destroy the Republican party – but then I’m an optimist, ha ha ha! So he might not lose. He might be in charge of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world!
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The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you’re an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.
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Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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It’s like being stung by a bee and going out and smashing up a beehive, and thinking you’ve solved the problem. There are more beehives out there; more bees will come. But they’re bees. They’re not grizzly bears.
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All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans.
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At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.
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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren’t very political, at all.
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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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